When absurd as it sounds, there is video to support the incident, which occurred while a shoe-less MMA fighter wrestled an alligator in transportation on a busy Florida highway.
Fighter , Mike Dragich , is also a certified trap, and he was summoned by the , Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission  , after an eel showed up at a strip mall in the 3100 stop of , Edgewood Avenue , in , Jacksonville.
It happened around  , 4 p. m.  , on , Sunday, April 21, and , Dragich used his bare arms  , to seize the gator and climb on its back as individuals passed, the video shows.
The gator’s mouths were taped shut before he extended it like a naughty child.
According to the movie, many police officers were observing as they worked to halt a crowd on the street.
Dragich’s even post on social media read,” Hold my sweet tea.”
He and his relatives were at a Jacksonville Icemen minor league sports activity when authorities , called for a hunter, which is why he did n’t have tools with him to subdue the 8- base eel, WJXT reported.
” It was only five days from the match, but I actually left the game, caught the eel, and then went back to the game”! he told the place.
The picture had more than 218, 000 opinions on Facebook and 2, 800 responses and reactions as of , April 23, some from people noting Dragich reminded them of motion star , Jason Statham.
” So glad that ( gentleman ) was able show these folks how we do it in Florida”, Jachael Nichols wrote on Dragich’s Facebook page.
The person is reportedly holding the gator guitar.  , Florida , is definitely different” , , Racheal Reddick Williams  , posted.
” I love how the officers are just standing there like’ great glad you’re handling that,'”  , Rachel Beardsley , said.
Dragich is a ranked middleweight , mixed martial arts fighter , who was last in the circle in , December 2022, according to Tapology. His aspiring MMA report: 2- 2- 0. He likewise leads a volunteer called , Project Savior Outdoors, which uses outdoors activities to help soldiers deal with post traumatic stress disorder.
___
© 2024 The Charlotte Observer
Distributed by , Tribune Content Agency, LLC
